donsabi
09-12-2003, 06:48 PM
Does anyone use a cholesterol monitor? If so, what is your opinion?
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pcovers
09-15-2003, 09:25 AM
I use one regularly. I own the BioScanner 2000, which has been upgraded and is now sold under the name of CardioChek for about $200.
My monitor is easy to use and very consistent. That is to say, I have taken a reading using a blood drop and a test strip, then just to a check on the monitors consistency, I have immediately taken a blood drop from a finger on the opposite hand using a new test strip and the numbers are the same.
Cholesterol is not something that needs to be checked often like blood sugar, so a monitor may be overkill for some. For me it is an interesting tool.
My monitor is easy to use and very consistent. That is to say, I have taken a reading using a blood drop and a test strip, then just to a check on the monitors consistency, I have immediately taken a blood drop from a finger on the opposite hand using a new test strip and the numbers are the same.
Cholesterol is not something that needs to be checked often like blood sugar, so a monitor may be overkill for some. For me it is an interesting tool.
Moxie75
09-15-2003, 09:48 AM
My Job had a health and fitness thing going and they took my cholesterol count with that Bio Scanner and it read 155 but when I got checked at the doctors it was 219..Not sure if they are accurate or not..Lisa
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pcovers
09-15-2003, 12:54 PM
Originally posted by Moxie75:
My Job had a health and fitness thing going and they took my cholesterol count with that Bio Scanner and it read 155 but when I got checked at the doctors it was 219..Not sure if they are accurate or not..Lisa
Moxie, I'm curious as to what was the time difference between the date of the 155 reading and the date of the 219 reading.
Cholesterol levels can vary by 15 percent from day to day. This is a range of 185-215 in just one day.
I take my Biscanner with me whenever I have a full lipid panel done at the lab. Just before I go into the lab, I take a Total and an HDL reading from the BioScanner as a comparative to what the lab resutls are.
In performing this method four times over a one year period, my BioScanner readings have always been within 5% of the lab results.
Some interesting data below:
The linearity of the BioScanner Cholesterol test system was tested using five levels of whole blood ranging from 83 to 424 mg/dL cholesterol. Each whole blood sample was run four times on the BioScanner.
The results are in the table below:
BioScanner Cholesterol Linearity Results
Reference Method / BioScanner
83 88
83 92
83 90
83 91
104 111
104 115
104 108
104 114
184 206
184 201
184 198
184 196
296 259
296 284
296 277
296 276
424 418
424 413
424 431
424 424
Fairly impressive accuracy and consistency against the standardized reference method.
The HDL tests show a % variation from the standard reference method of between 5.01% and 8.60% after 20 tests. This would equate to a difference of HDL 50 compared to HDL 46 in a worst case scenario.
I have found my readings to be very consistent. I have performed so many readings with my BioScanner and have developed such a confidence level that I would trust my readings over an off reading from a lab.
[This message has been edited by pcovers (edited 09-15-2003).]
My Job had a health and fitness thing going and they took my cholesterol count with that Bio Scanner and it read 155 but when I got checked at the doctors it was 219..Not sure if they are accurate or not..Lisa
Moxie, I'm curious as to what was the time difference between the date of the 155 reading and the date of the 219 reading.
Cholesterol levels can vary by 15 percent from day to day. This is a range of 185-215 in just one day.
I take my Biscanner with me whenever I have a full lipid panel done at the lab. Just before I go into the lab, I take a Total and an HDL reading from the BioScanner as a comparative to what the lab resutls are.
In performing this method four times over a one year period, my BioScanner readings have always been within 5% of the lab results.
Some interesting data below:
The linearity of the BioScanner Cholesterol test system was tested using five levels of whole blood ranging from 83 to 424 mg/dL cholesterol. Each whole blood sample was run four times on the BioScanner.
The results are in the table below:
BioScanner Cholesterol Linearity Results
Reference Method / BioScanner
83 88
83 92
83 90
83 91
104 111
104 115
104 108
104 114
184 206
184 201
184 198
184 196
296 259
296 284
296 277
296 276
424 418
424 413
424 431
424 424
Fairly impressive accuracy and consistency against the standardized reference method.
The HDL tests show a % variation from the standard reference method of between 5.01% and 8.60% after 20 tests. This would equate to a difference of HDL 50 compared to HDL 46 in a worst case scenario.
I have found my readings to be very consistent. I have performed so many readings with my BioScanner and have developed such a confidence level that I would trust my readings over an off reading from a lab.
[This message has been edited by pcovers (edited 09-15-2003).]
Curly Chef
09-15-2003, 04:32 PM
I'm curious does this testing device measure all the different lipid levels? I once purchased a kit from Sharper Image but had to return it as it only read total cholesterol level.
Moxie75
09-15-2003, 04:51 PM
PC, it was 2 weeks after I had the one done at the Docs. The one at the docs was fasting and the one at work was not..Lisa
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pcovers
09-15-2003, 06:08 PM
Originally posted by Curly Chef:
I'm curious does this testing device measure all the different lipid levels? I once purchased a kit from Sharper Image but had to return it as it only read total cholesterol level.
The BioScanner 2000, as well as the two models sold under the CardioChek brand name, all test for Total, HDL, Trigs. From this, the LDL is calculated.
The lower cost CardioChek is an updated version of the BioScanner 2000. Same guts with updated software. These two use a seperate test strip for each test (i.e., there is a test strip for TC, one for HDL, and one for Trigs). Three seperate blood drops are needed to do these three tests with these two models.
The more expensive CardioChek model takes a single sample and uses a single test strip for TC, HDL, and Trigs. This model also does the LDL calculation for you.
I do hve an older model monitor sold under the name of LifeStream that only tests for TC. This is probably the unit you had. While limited, it is handy for me as, once in a while, I will use both monitors to run a TC to check them against each other. They have never been more than 7% different in their results.
I'm curious does this testing device measure all the different lipid levels? I once purchased a kit from Sharper Image but had to return it as it only read total cholesterol level.
The BioScanner 2000, as well as the two models sold under the CardioChek brand name, all test for Total, HDL, Trigs. From this, the LDL is calculated.
The lower cost CardioChek is an updated version of the BioScanner 2000. Same guts with updated software. These two use a seperate test strip for each test (i.e., there is a test strip for TC, one for HDL, and one for Trigs). Three seperate blood drops are needed to do these three tests with these two models.
The more expensive CardioChek model takes a single sample and uses a single test strip for TC, HDL, and Trigs. This model also does the LDL calculation for you.
I do hve an older model monitor sold under the name of LifeStream that only tests for TC. This is probably the unit you had. While limited, it is handy for me as, once in a while, I will use both monitors to run a TC to check them against each other. They have never been more than 7% different in their results.